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Siren was unveiled during our Kickstarter campaign and quickly became a true fan-favorite. Her frigid beauty and the merciless glee she takes in the suffering of others easily fascinate. But what could have happened to her to make her so cold-hearted? Well, that’s the story I’m going to tell you today!

This means I’m in charge of the cinematography and the staging of the scenes, a little like a movie director. To put it more simply, I’m gonna choose where to put cameras, at what angle, when to cut a sequence or add small effects, so as to enhance and highlight the work of the other artists.

I hope you’re ready to see the result of our efforts on our favorite witch’s counter-attack!

Hi there! My name is Pierre and I am one of the VFX Artists currently working on Prodigy. Basically, my job is to create Visual Effects (VFX) for the game, like some people do in the movie industry, but in real-time. Because we’re using 3D engines to make video games, everything you create must be both pretty looking AND optimized for real-time rendering. So, for every abilities that a character uses, I must create a variety of different assets and combine them to create magic!

To show you some concrete example, I’ll mainly be using the same action that Alban did in his own article, that is to say Siren’s counter attack. But first, let’s talk about what my job encompasses and what tools I use.

Hello, my name is Alban and I’m the Lead Animator at Hanakai Studio. Today I’m opening a series of three articles that will show you how our characters come to life on screen. I’ll be talking about animation, next month Pierre will tell you all about special effects and to finish, Marin will show you the ropes of cinematic direction.

The images I’ll use as examples are all taken from the animation of Siren’s counter attack, which has never been released before. Excited yet? We’ll be using of the same action in our next two articles, so that you can follow our development process from start to finish.

I’m not going to get too much into the technical aspect of things, but we want to show you a bit of how we do things here at Hanakai.

The characters of Prodigy require a lot of work from concept to figurine to in-game character, and we’re truly proud of what we’re accomplishing. All characters are heroes; they have their own story, their own appearance and the visual work on them is very demanding. We’d like to share a bit more about the creation of Siren, a Companion of the Company of Thorns.